Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[jeremy]

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Noooooooooooooooooooo!

I want pretty pullets! LOL.

 

[jeremy]

Chick number 2 just hatched! This one is darker, right now it looks like a steely gray color.

 

[anniesmom]

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I kind of thought the comb looked pretty big, too. I haven't seen an almost white roo. He'd be really beautiful probably with dark hackle and saddle feathers as well as in his tail.

 

[lcatty]

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How precious! Congrats!

 

[jeremy]

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I kind of thought the comb looked pretty big, too. I haven't seen an almost white roo. He'd be really beautiful probably with dark hackle and saddle feathers as well as in his tail.

That might be nice.

I really would love to have one of the Red roos with White mottling, I'll see if I can find a picture of what I'm talking about...

ETA: One like this guy!

 

[jeremy]

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How precious! Congrats!

Thanks! I'm hoping for 7 more.

 

[anniesmom]

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I kind of thought the comb looked pretty big, too. I haven't seen an almost white roo. He'd be really beautiful probably with dark hackle and saddle feathers as well as in his tail.

That might be nice.

I really would love to have one of the Red roos with White mottling, I'll see if I can find a picture of what I'm talking about...

ETA: One like this guy!

http://greenfirefarms.com/wp-content/gallery/swedish-flower-hens/dsc_0326.jpg

I have two boys that look like that. As chicks they were yellowish with light orange heads, etc. The wing feathers had light orange when they started to grow. Here's a picture of them as babies and then a picture of one of them at 6 weeks.

 

[BHep]

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Pic #1 are 1 1/2 months. Hatched 11/19, then I have 6 that are 2 and 3 weeks older.

 

[jeremy]

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That might be nice.

I really would love to have one of the Red roos with White mottling, I'll see if I can find a picture of what I'm talking about...

ETA: One like this guy!

http://greenfirefarms.com/wp-content/gallery/swedish-flower-hens/dsc_0326.jpg

I have two boys that look like that. As chicks they were yellowish with light orange heads, etc. The wing feathers had light orange when they started to grow. Here's a picture of them as babies and then a picture of one of them at 6 weeks.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/81049_whiteandredchicks10days.jpg https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/81049_3whiteredcrested1_6_plus_weeks.jpg

Do they both have crests?

 

[anniesmom]

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I have two boys that look like that. As chicks they were yellowish with light orange heads, etc. The wing feathers had light orange when they started to grow. Here's a picture of them as babies and then a picture of one of them at 6 weeks.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/81049_whiteandredchicks10days.jpg https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/81049_3whiteredcrested1_6_plus_weeks.jpg

Do they both have crests?

One does and one doesn't.